I think the key thing none of us know is whether this squad is underperforming or is (was) overrated. It lies at the heart of what we do and where we go next and I still don't think for most members of our team we know yet.

Can Bentley and Tetevano be tamed, can Sezer perform, are Prior and Briscoe past it, is Austin a flat track pony, is Fusitu'a ever going to be in a state where he can play effectively again, can Dwyer learn to pass, are Newman and Walker doomed to injury etc etc. So many questions that Smith needs to untangle which will determine how much this is a rebuild job and how much is a coaching one.

User avatarchristopher wrote:
rugbyleague88 wrote:
I think the positive is every team barring Saints are extremely average. Leeds with a full side and playing well can easily beat any team barring Saints.


Saints are starting to pick up some key injuries - they may not have it all their own way this year. In fact I think Wigan will dump them out of the cup this weekend.

Interesting to hear that Rohan has in the past served as a last tackle play coach amongst other roles.

No more dying in possession on the last hopefully. Drove me mad under Agar.

Agreed.

Hard to know whether this was game plan, or Leeming being too dominant at acting half. He always seems to go for a run play, rather than pass the ball over the a half.

But I agree, hopefully this will be an area of large improvement. Rohan has been a coach of all aspects of the game during his long apprenticeship, so there's no excuses for improvements across the park.

Hopefully not - John the Baptist does far too much looking over his shoulder at what the club was. That was a unique situation that cannot be recreated. Unfortunately he only knows Leeds at that will be a limiting factor to the development of the squad if he has a big influence. Time to move onwards and upwards.